Technology companies are racing to develop ultra-precise digital maps that can guide self-driving cars within inches of where they should be — a hurdle the industry needs to clear if it hopes to deliver on its promise of widespread use of driverless vehicles.

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The Japanese government enacted a bill lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, but the legal age of drinking will stay fixed at 20. >>

'Dead' husband turns up alive nearly a year after wife given wrong body. A Japanese woman mourned her husband she believed was found dead in a river, only to be stunned nearly a year later when the spouse she thought she cremated showed up at her doorstep. >>

Abenomics' impact fading at sensitive moment for.... By Leika Kihara and Izumi NakagawaTOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japan's "Abenomics" stimulus programme is sputtering just as the government and the central ... >>

Japan banks on 3D mapping deemed crucial for driverless cars. Technology companies are racing to develop ultra-precise digital maps that can guide self-driving cars within inches of where they should be >>

Japan banks on 3D mapping deemed crucial for driverless.... TOKYO (AP) - Technology companies are racing to develop ultra-precise digital maps that can guide self-driving cars within inches of where they should be - a... >>

Japan lowers its age of adulthood. The Japanese government enacted a bill Wednesday lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, but teenagers beware: the legal age of drinking will stay fixed at 20. >>

Japan lowers its age of adulthood to 18. The Japanese government enacted a bill Wednesday lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, but teenagers beware: the legal age of drinking will stay fixed at 20. >>

Japan will legally recognise coming of age at 18 instead of 20 (but they still can’t smoke or drink). The new law, which is set to take effect in 2022, will see millions of Japanese youths declared adults by statute two years earlier than their elders as part of government plans to tackle the ageing population. >>

Japanese utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear plant. The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in Japan says for the first time publicly it might decommission another plant that narrowly escaped the crisis >>

Japanese utility eyes scrapping 2nd Fukushima nuclear.... TOKYO (AP) - The utility responsible for meltdowns at a nuclear power plant in northeast Japan seven years ago says for the first time publicly it might... >>

JGBs supported as risk aversion hits equities. TOKYO, June 14 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond prices were steady to a touch firmer on Thursday, as investor risk aversion weighed on Japan's... >>